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FlightSafety International · 4 months ago

Software Developer- Geospatial Software

positionGreater St. Louis
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
date5+ years exp

FlightSafety International is the world’s premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators. The Software Developer position involves all facets of software development, focusing on creating and maintaining software for processing digital assets relevant to the simulation, aviation, and geospatial industries.

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Responsibilities

Create and maintain software for processing digital assets like terrain, imagery, vectors, and 3D models to empower our Modeling team
Design processes to improve their workflow efficiency and reduce errors
Build technology for the storage, transfer, conversion, and optimization of large data sets and their data formats relevant to the simulation, aviation, and geospatial industries
Examples of development areas include realistic terrain, sophisticated animation, high-resolution imagery, procedural content generation, and 2D/3D content processing

Qualification

C++ / C# programmingGeospatial software developmentGraphics programmingData structuresAlgorithmsGIS software packagesOpen Web Standards developmentMathematics capabilityLean/Agile software developmentMS Visual StudioPythonScriptingAtlassian productsReading technical specificationsDesign patternsMulti-threadingModeling/art pipelinesProcessing satellite imagery

Required

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related degree
Computer Science degree and 5+ years of industry experience
C++ / C# programming
Data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design
Proficiency in geospatial software development and/or geospatial formats
GIS software packages such as ArcGIS, QGIS, PostGIS, etc
Open Web Standards development such as WMS, WCS, GeoPackage, etc
Modeling/art pipelines for graphics-based industries
Processing of satellite imagery, aerial photography, mapping data, or terrain elevation
Graphics programming: e.g. Unreal, Unity, OpenGL, Direct3D, HLSL, GLSL
Strong mathematics capability – matrix algebra, projective geometry, vector math, etc
Design patterns and/or multi-threading experience
MS Visual Studio
Python or other scripting experience
Reading and using technical specifications
Lean/Agile software development
Atlassian products: e.g. Jira, Confluence

Company

FlightSafety International

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FlightSafety International is a provider of professional aviation training, simulation equipment and software. It is a sub-organization of Berkshire Hathaway.
dateFounded in 1951
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
https://www.flightsafety.com/

H1B Sponsorship

FlightSafety International has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (2)
2023 (1)
2022 (1)
2021 (3)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
1996-10-15Acquired

Leadership Team

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Eric Hinson
Chief Executive Officer
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Recent News

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FlightSafety International Appoints Eric Hinson as Chief Executive Officer
2025-12-02
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FlightSafety International Announces Release of Industry-Wide Airplane Standard Operating Procedures to Elevate Safety in Business Aviation
2025-11-14
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Aerospace is a top Georgia industry. A new group plans to keep it that way.
2025-08-26
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